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Law Lords rule against Chagos Islanders
No comments on Law Lords rule against Chagos IslandersI’ve been following the progress of the campaign by the Chagos Islanders to be allowed to return home to their islands having been thrown off them by the British Government 40 years ago. They had won a legal ruling from the High Court in 2000 that they could return to the islands, although not to Diego Garcia the site of the US military base. The Government then in 2004 used royal prerogative to overturn that…
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Chagos update
I’ve written before about the plight of the Chagos Islanders who were forcibly expelled from their homes by the British government. The latest development in their campaign for justice is the publication of a report that sets out a practical plan for how they could return. See the New Statesman and The Guardian for more details. Liberal Democrat peer Lord Avebury is quoted in the New Statesman article saying; “The removal of the Chagossians from…
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Chagos Islanders petition
Some more developments on the issue of the Chagos Islanders. I’ve picked up from Sarah Ludford MEP’s regular email newsletter that there is a petition on the Number 10 website petition thing : You can help out the campaign yourselves by signing the petition on the Downing Street website at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/chagosappeal/. It really is one of the most fundamental of campaigns – the right to return home and respect for the rule of law. Further…
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Lib Dem support for the Chagos islanders
Following the recent Court of Appeal decision it is good to see a number of Lib Dems taking part in a campaign to keep up pressure on the government as witnessed by this letter in Saturday’s Guardian. Source: This content was originally posted on my old Process Guy blog.
